Dave Schultz High School Excellence Award

The Dave Schultz High School Excellence Award, presented annually to a male high school senior, is based equally on outstanding wrestling success, scholastic achievement and citizenship or community service. The national winner is selected from state and regional winners.

The award was established in 1996 to honor Olympic and World champion Dave Schultz, whose career was cut short when he was murdered in January 1996. He was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame as a Distinguished Member in 1997 and as a member of the United World Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2016.

Aeoden Sinclair

Year: 2024
Award: Dave Schultz High School Excellence Award
Location: National, Midwest, Wisconsin

Cael Hughes

Year: 2023
Award: Dave Schultz High School Excellence Award
Location: National, Central, Oklahoma

Cory Land

Year: 2022
Award: Dave Schultz High School Excellence Award
Location: National, Southeast, Alabama

Alex Facundo

Year: 2021
Award: Dave Schultz High School Excellence Award
Location: National, Midwest, Michigan

Braxton Amos

Year: 2020
Award: Dave Schultz High School Excellence Award
Location: National, Southeast, West Virginia

Cohlton Schultz

Year: 2019
Award: Dave Schultz High School Excellence Award
Location: National, Central, Colorado

David Carr

Year: 2018
Award: Dave Schultz High School Excellence Award
Location: National, Midwest, Ohio

Daton Fix

Year: 2017
Award: Dave Schultz High School Excellence Award
Location: National, Central, Oklahoma

Mark Hall II

Year: 2016
Award: Dave Schultz High School Excellence Award
Location: National, Midwest, Minnesota

Zahid Valencia

Year: 2015
Award: Dave Schultz High School Excellence Award
Location: National, West, California

Chance Marsteller

Year: 2014
Award: Dave Schultz High School Excellence Award
Location: National, Northeast, Pennsylvania

Zain Retherford

Year: 2013
Award: Dave Schultz High School Excellence Award
Location: National, Northeast, Pennsylvania

Taylor Massa

Year: 2012
Award: Dave Schultz High School Excellence Award
Location: National, Midwest, Michigan

Morgan McIntosh

Year: 2011
Award: Dave Schultz High School Excellence Award
Location: National, West, California

Logan Stieber

Year: 2010
Award: Dave Schultz High School Excellence Award
Location: National, Midwest, Ohio

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